Income Protection

Wiltshire Friendly Society has contracted Medicals Direct to provide a big T tele interviewing service for its income protection business.

Just 7% of UK families feel financially protected while 61% have no life insurance at all, according to new research.

Following the news that David Beckham's proposed loan move to Tottenham Hotspur was being affected by insurance issues, Manchester-based broker CBG group has calculated the insurance cost for the short-term loan as being a minimum of £300,000.

Assurant Intermediary has launched new Accident Sickness and Unemployment (ASU) products it said are an antidote to problems plaguing payment protection insurance (PPI) in recent years.

Legal & General has altered its Income Protection Benefit medical evidence limits, in a bid to improve the application process for customers.

My client is 42 and runs a consultancy in the oil industry. As a result he has to travel extensively, including contracts in dangerous and high disease risk countries such as Algeria, Sudan and Nigeria. He has already arranged international private medical...

The Association of Financial Mutuals (AFM) has welcomed the FSA's exemption of Holloway protection products from the Retail Distribution Review (RDR) but said the ‘limited' concession does not go far enough.

Cirencester friendly has called on the government to play its part in supporting simple financial products by publicising those that already exist.

RGA actuary Greg Becker discusses the lessons that can be learnt from the South African protection market.

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